Hi,
This is the post I would have loved to read six years ago. I had Stage 2 rectal dx in 2011, LAR, radiation and chemo, and a year-and-a-half later metastasis to liver. I went to see Dr. Kemeny at Sloan-Kettering (thanks to the wonderful users of this site) and had liver resection and hepatic pump installed. This past weekend my chemo port and hepatic pump were removed because my oncologists and surgeon feel the cancer is gone for good. I realize many on this Board are not going to have the same outcome and that gives me great pain-- just as well could have been me. I want to give hope to the newly diagnosed however because when I heard "liver met," I thought I was looking at the end of my life. Love and gratitude to all.
Jane